I don't think that the question good or bad is relevant. It is as it is and if people like it that's fine. Personally I love the music of both Dervish and Martin Hayes, to quote two very different examples above...for very different reasons and am long past the idea that there's a right or wrong in Irish music. I think the point with the Bothy Band is that they were very fresh-sounding in their time while being true to the tradition.

mcmoo